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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Avoiding Hubris

Thinking you can avoid hubris
is in itself a form of hubris

Pride that is harmful
not the OK kind of pride

It is OK to be proud of achievement
as long as you keep your proper perspective

But achievement and position and skill
and winning and even luck
almost always go to the head

which is HUBRIS

and which leads to other bad consequences
like thinking you are invulnerable

so it is good to bleed once in a while
so you remember that you are mortal

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